Stephen King novel 'Under the Dome' to become CBS TV series

Stephen King's novel Under the Dome is to be adapted for television by CBS.

The network has given the adaptation a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes - CBS Television Studios will produce alongside Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television.

"This is a great novel coming to the television screen with outstanding auspices and in-season production values to create a summer programming event," said Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment. "We're excited to transport audiences Under the Dome and into the extraordinary world that Stephen King has imagined."

Under the Dome tells the story of a small town that becomes sealed off from the rest of the world by a huge transparent dome, leaving its inhabitants to solve the mystery of what has happened.